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How to send text messages via hotmail email

Eric Som Updated March 23, 2017

You must know your recipient's cellphone provider to send a text message via your Hotmail account successfully. This is important because each cell phone provider uses a unique SMS Gateway. An SMS gateway allows you to use a specific e-mail address to send text messages on a carrier's network. This e-mail address varies from carrier to another. Text messages sent through your Hotmail account must still adhere to your recipient's carrier's character limit. Typically, most, if not all, cellphone providers have a 160-character limit for text messages.

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Sign in to your Windows Live Hotmail account by typing your e-mail address and password in the "Windows Live ID" and "Password" boxes, respectively and then selecting "Sign In."

Click on the "New" link located to the right of "Hotmail." The Compose window opens.

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About the Author

Eric Som has been writing professionally since 2002, contributing to various websites. He is certified through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Som holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Laws from Handong Global University. He also has a Juris Doctor degree from an Ohio law school.